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Speaking with Collider, Spock actor Zachary Quinto shared that he recently reached out to Star Trek director/producer J.J. Abrams to advocate for Star Trek 4. “I actually just emailed J.J. this week to say, ‘Hey, this would be really exciting.’ I think fans would be really open to it and really welcome a final movie,” Quinto said. “We’ve been talking about it for long enough that it seems like time to move it forward. So, I’m beating that drum as much as I can. I think it would be really great to do a fourth movie, and let’s make it happen. There are so many possibilities in the stories we could tell. I think there’s something really wonderful about coming back to characters that we all have a history with, and we all have a real deep connection to, and a fond relationship with.”
Zachary Quinto Is Pushing for Star Trek 4 at the Perfect Time
If there was ever a time for Star Trek 4 to become a reality, this would be it. As Quinto alluded to in his interview, the Paramount/Skydance merger was recently completed, and it’s already been reported that Star Trek is a major priority for the studio moving forward. No release dates have been set at this point, but Paramount has multiple Star Trek films in development as it figures out what to do with one of its biggest properties. Details are slim, but a film about Kirk and the classic Enterprise crew is said to be on the table.
One of the reasons why it’s taken Star Trek 4 so long to happen is because the Kelvin Timeline saw diminishing returns. Star Trek Beyond, despite earning positive reviews and coinciding with the franchise’s 50th anniversary, grossed just $343.4 million worldwide (the lowest in that trilogy). Previous regimes might have had difficulty justifying the cost of a new Star Trek movie because of that box office performance, but now there’s a renewed interest in the franchise. Paramount’s new leadership might be open to hearing what Quinto has to say.
